Session No. 20 Tuesday, May 14, 2002

8:00 AM-12:00 PM, CH2M Hill Alumni Center: Ballroom 110C
T18. Pacific Northwest Geology East of the Cascades: In Honor of George W. Walker
Martin Streck and Anita L. Grunder, Presiding
Start Time
8:00 AM Introduction
8:05 AM History of Oregon Geology East of the Cascades and a Tribute to George Walker
8:15 AM A LITHOSPHERIC-INTERACTION MODEL FOR THE YELLOWSTONE AND NEWBERRY MELTING ANOMALIES: CHRISTIANSEN, Robert L., U.S. Geol Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, MS910, Menlo Park, CA 94025, rchris@usgs.gov and LAGESON, David R., Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ - Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Traphagen Hall, Rm. 200, Bozeman, MT 59717
8:30 AM REGIONAL STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON THE YELLOWSTONE MELTING ANOMALY: LAGESON, David R., Earth Sciences, Montana State Univ - Bozeman, PO Box 173480, Traphagen Hall, Rm. 200, Bozeman, MT 59717, lageson@montana.edu and CHRISTIANSEN, Robert L., US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Rd, MS910, Menlo Park, CA 94025
8:45 AM BASALTIC VOLCANISM OF THE OREGON HIGH LAVA PLAINS: JORDAN, Brennan T.1, GRUNDER, Anita L.1, and NELSON, Bruce K.2, (1) Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, jordanb@geo.orst.edu, (2) Department of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
9:00 AM NEW TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS DERIVED FROM SOUTHERN OREGON PLATEAU BASALTIC VOLCANISM: DEFINING THE OWYHEE BLOCK: BRUESEKE, Matthew E.1, SHOEMAKER, Kurt A.2, and HART, William K.1, (1) Geology, Miami Univ, 114 Shideler Hall, Oxford, OH 45056, brueseme@muohio.edu, (2) Geology, Saint Joseph’s College, PO Box 877, Rensselaer, IN 47978
9:15 AM GEOCHEMICAL DIVERSITY OF QUATERNARY OLIVINE THOLEIITES ON THE EASTERN SNAKE RIVER PLAIN: HUGHES, Scott S. and MCCURRY, Michael, Geosciences, Idaho State Univ, Box 8072, Pocatello, ID 83209, hughscot@isu.edu
9:30 AM PROCESSES RELATING TRACHY- AND CALC-ALKALINE INTERMEDIATE ROCKS TO PRIMITIVE THOLEIITES WITHIN A STRONGLY DIVERGENT SUITE FROM THE HARNEY BASIN, OREGON: STRECK, Martin J., Dept. of Geology, Portland State Univ, Portland, OR 97207, streckm@pdx.edu and GRUNDER, Anita L., Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506
9:45 AM THE GRAVEYARD POINT INTRUSION: A STRONGLY DIFFERENTIATED MAFIC PLUTON IN EASTERN MALHEUR COUNTY, OREGON: WHITE, Craig M., Department of Geosciences, Boise State Univ, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725, cwhite@boisestate.edu.
10:00 AM Break
10:20 AM REGIONAL GEOLOGY OF FLOOD BASALTS AND BASIN-AND-RANGE VOLCANIC ROCKS NORTH OF STEENS MOUNTAIN, OREGON: CAMP, Victor E., San Diego State Univ, 5500 Campanile Dr, San Diego, CA 92182-1020, vcamp@geology.sdsu.edu and ROSS, Martin E., Dept. of Geology, Northeastern Univ, Boston, MA 012115
10:35 AM STRATIGRAPHY AND FAULTING OF PLIOCENE AND PLEISTOCENE VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE WILLIAMSON RIVER BASIN, KLAMATH COUNTY, OREGON: CUMMINGS, Michael L., Dept of Geology, Portland State Univ, P.O. Box 751, Portland, OR 97207, cummingsm@pdx.edu.
10:50 AM NEOGENE HISTORY OF THE GRANDE RONDE VALLEY, NE OREGON: VAN TASSELL, Jay1, FERNS, Mark L.2, MCCONNELL, Vicki S.2, and SMITH, Gerald R.3, (1) Science Department- Badgley Hall, Eastern Oregon Univ, One University Boulevard, La Grande, OR 97850-2899, vantasse@eou.edu, (2) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, 1510 Campbell Street, Baker City, OR 97814, (3) Museum of Paleontology, The Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1079
11:05 AM DIVERSE TRENDS OF DIKES OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT GROUP (CRBG) IN PRE-CENOZOIC HOST ROCKS IN NE OREGON AND W IDAHO: TAUBENECK, William H., Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506, meigsa@geo.orst.edu.
11:20 AM DIKE-WALLROCK INTERACTIONS IN GRANITOIDS OF THE WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, NE OREGON: PETCOVIC, Heather L.1, GRUNDER, Anita L.2, and TAUBENECK, William H.2, (1) Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, petcovih@geo.orst.edu, (2) Geosciences, Oregon State Univ, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331-5506
11:35 AM PERMIAN LOW-POTASSIUM RHYOLITE IN HELLS CANYON, EASTERN OREGON AND WESTERN IDAHO: IMPLICATIONS FOR EARLY VOLCANISM IN INTRA-OCEANIC ISLAND ARCS: VALLIER, Tracy L., Geological Oceanography, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, CA 95039, tvallier@altavista.com and WHITE, David L., University College Unit 5060, Univ of Maryland, APO AP, 96328

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